Introduction

The Rockbox project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Rockbox 3.4. It marks the first year after introducing our successful new and predictable release cycle. Over the last three months, we've been again adding a lot of cool new features, such as new codecs in the Real Media Container ( the result of a Google Summer of Code project), a plugin to tune your instruments and an alternative sorting algorithm..

And of course, we've been busy fixing bugs and optimizing our code base again; the WPS, for example, received a major overhaul internally. The database has also received a significant update on the coding level.

Jump to the "What's New" section for a more detailed list.

We are also particularly happy to welcome quite a few new developers and contributors who have joined our merry team since Rockbox 3.3.

If you can't wait, hurry up to http://www.rockbox.org/download/ and get the release now! If you're still curious about what has changed, read on for a slightly more detailed summary and list of changes.

Enjoy Rockbox - we enjoy making it.

About Rockbox

Rockbox is a complete replacement for the software that drives your digital audio players. It was written from the ground up to provide a better experience than the existing software, giving you more options and putting you in charge of the player. In most areas, Rockbox far surpasses the manufacturers firmware, truly unleashing the full potential of your hardware. It's written by users, for users.

How to upgrade

Using the RockboxUtility is the easiest way to install Rockbox 3.4. Simply run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions. Make sure you stop/eject/unmount the USB disk before you unplug it. You can also download Rockbox 3.4 from http://www.rockbox.org/download/.

If you need more help, or want to use Bootbox to be able to install Rockbox to flash memory on Archos players, see the Documentation section of this document for information on where to find help for doing this.

Documentation

Rockbox comes with an extensive manual, which can be found on the downloads page. Please read it before asking questions in the support channels. The PDF versions can be searched for keywords making it very easy to find the answer to your query or solution to your problem. As well, the FAQs linked on the left side bar can be very helpful and make explain some behavior you are noticing but not expecting. If you notice any errors in the manual, please report them to the tracker after reading the how-to at FlySprayHowto. If you would like to contribute to the manual, please see the RockboxManual wiki page.

Manual

Build system

Known bugs

As much as we try to avoid it, some bugs have simply not been worked out yet, and are still present in Rockbox 3.4. This is not a complete list, but covers the most important, unresolved bugs. Please have a look at the individual bug reports if you think that some may apply to you, as often a bug can depend on very specific circumstances and many only exist on certain players.